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Name: Nvidia GTX 980
Brand: Nvidia
SKU: GTX 980
Price: 240.00 USD
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Rating: 3.1 (1 reviews)

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Radeon R9 290X 4GB 5Gbps 512-bit 290W Desktop Graphic card

3.1/10 Score 2740

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GPU Architecture Shading Units GPU Clock GPU Boost Clock Memory Capacity Memory Type Memory Speed Memory Bus Width Memory Bandwidth Texture Mapping Unit (TMU)Render Output Unit (ROP)Pixel Fill Rate Texture Fill Rate Floating Point Per Second DirectX OpenGL Max GPU Temprature Graphics Card Power Rise of the Tomb Raider Shadow of the Tomb Raider The Witcher 3 Metro Exodus Battlefield 1 Far Cry 5 Assassin's Creed Unity Resident Evil 2

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GPU Architecture The smaller GPU, the better performance

28 nm

Shading Units The more Cores, the faster data are processed by the GPU

2816

2048

GPU Clock The higher the clock, the more instructions the GPU can execute per second

1000 MHz

11% higher

1126 MHz

GPU Boost Clock The Boost clock helps GPU to get more performance

1000 MHz

18% higher

1216 MHz

Memory Capacity The VRAM capacity is used most for Anti Aliasing, Textures and Screen resolution

4 GB

Memory Type

GDDR5

Memory Speed The faster Memory, the faster Read/Write operations of the data

5 Gbps

29% higher

7 Gbps

Memory Bus Width The Wider Memory Bus, the more data can flow without waiting

512 bit

256 bit

Memory Bandwidth The more bandwidth, the faster data transfers between GPU and VRAM

30% higher

320 GB/s

224 GB/s

Texture Mapping Unit (TMU) The more Texture Mapping Units, the faster Texture Fill Rate

176

128

Render Output Unit (ROP) The more Rander Output Units, the faster Pixel Fill Rate

Pixel Fill Rate Indicates how many Pixels GPU can draw per second

64 GP/s

18% higher

78 GP/s

Texture Fill Rate Indicates how many Textures can be mapped per second

11% higher

176 GT/s

156 GT/s

Floating Point Per Second The more Floating Point Operations per second the better performance of the GPU

6 Flop/s

5 Flop/s

DirectX

OpenGL

Max GPU Temprature The maximum GPU temprature allowed by manufacturer

194 °F

208 °F

Graphics Card Power Typical power consumption of the graphic card board

290 Watts

43% lower

165 Watts

Rise of the Tomb Raider Settings Max, 1440p

37 fps

23% higher

48 fps

Shadow of the Tomb Raider Settings Max, 1440p

37 fps

8% higher

40 fps

The Witcher 3 Settings Max, 1440p

38 fps

16% higher

45 fps

Metro Exodus Settings Max, 1440p

37 fps

20% higher

46 fps

Battlefield 1 Settings Max, 1440p

35 fps

26% higher

47 fps

Far Cry 5 Settings Max, 1440p

34 fps

17% higher

41 fps

Assassin's Creed Unity Settings Max, 1440p

9% higher

35 fps

32 fps

Resident Evil 2 Settings Max, 1440p

37 fps

8% higher

40 fps

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3.1/10 Score 2740

Nvidia GTX 980 4GB 7Gbps 256-bit 165W Desktop Graphic card

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PROS 12

GPU Clock	1126 MHz vs 1000 MHz	Clock speed is (126MHz) 11% higher
GPU Boost Clock	1216 MHz vs 1000 MHz	Boost clock speed is (216MHz) 18% higher
Memory Speed	7 Gbps vs 5 Gbps	Transfer speed of the memory is (2Gbps) 29% faster
Pixel Fill Rate	78 GP/s vs 64 GP/s	Pixel Fill Rate is (14GP/s) 18% faster
Graphics Card Power	165 Watts vs 290 Watts	Power consumption is (125Watts) 43% lower
Rise of the Tomb Raider	48 fps vs 37 fps	Rise of the Tomb Raider - 1440p: (11fps) 23% more frames per second
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	40 fps vs 37 fps	Shadow of the Tomb Raider - 1440p: (3fps) 8% more frames per second
The Witcher 3	45 fps vs 38 fps	The Witcher 3 - 1440p: (7fps) 16% more frames per second
Metro Exodus	46 fps vs 37 fps	Metro Exodus - 1440p: (9fps) 20% more frames per second
Battlefield 1	47 fps vs 35 fps	Battlefield 1 - 1440p: (12fps) 26% more frames per second
Far Cry 5	41 fps vs 34 fps	Far Cry 5 - 1440p: (7fps) 17% more frames per second
Resident Evil 2	40 fps vs 37 fps	Resident Evil 2 - 1440p: (3fps) 8% more frames per second

CONS 6

Shading Units	2048 vs 2816	(768) 27% less Shader Processing Units
Memory Bandwidth	224 GB/s vs 320 GB/s	Memory bandwidth is (96GB/s) 30% slower
Texture Mapping Unit (TMU)	128 vs 176	(48) 27% less Texture Mapping Units
Texture Fill Rate	156 GT/s vs 176 GT/s	Texel Fill Rate is (20GT/s) 11% slower
Floating Point Per Second	5 Flop/s vs 6 Flop/s	(1Flop/s) 17% less Floating Point Operations per minute
Assassin's Creed Unity	32 fps vs 35 fps	Assassin's Creed Unity - 1440p: (3fps) 9% less frames per second

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3.2/10 Score 2797

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